Car-fender.



' n y PATBNTED JUNEalQoS. J. HASTRBITBR 651C; DILIJHOPJS.-

No. 791.777, A

GAR FENDER.

APPLIGATIQN FILED M1348, 1905.

(ganga/ j UNITED STA-TES Patented June 6,1905. l

PATENT OFFICE..

JOSEPH HAsTEEITEE AND cLEMENs DILLIIoEE, oE MoEeANIowN, WEs'I VIRGINIA.y r 1 CAB-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 791,777, dated. June6, 1905. Application filed March 18,1905. Serial No. 250,762.

To all whom t may concer-7c.'-

peror of Germany, resid ing at Morgantown, in the county of Monongaliaand State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and use-1 fulImprovements In Car-Fenders, of whichY the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to car-fenders;

and the invention has for its object to provide a car-fender of novelform which is so connected with the current-controlling devices of anelectric car that when the fender strikes a person or other object thecurrent will be cut off from the car,so thatthe car will come to,

a stop. l

The invention has for its further object the provision of novel meansfor preventing injury to a person or other object that may bei struck'bythe fender; and still further objects 'of the invention will bedeveloped during the description of the mechanism which we emp oy.

The invention, brieiiy described, consistsin the provision of acar-fender so constructed and arranged and connected with the current'-controll'ing devices of an electric car that when an object is struck bythe fender the impact of the blow or the weight of the object falling onthe fender will operate such controlling mechanism to eut ofi' thecurrent from the car, so as to cause the car to stop.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating our invention, Figure 1 is asideelevation of our improved fender detached from a car.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view,partly in section, of the front platform of a ear, showing a controllermounted thereon and showing the connections therewith of our improvedfender.

v Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the bottom of f the platform of a car,showing the connection between the shaft ofthe controller mountedthereon and the movable bar of the fender .and the connection betweenthe-platform and Y l ythe controller-shaft; and Fig. 6 is a fragmen- Beit known that we, JOSEPH HASYIEEITER' and CLEMENS DILLIIOEE, subjects ofthe Em-` tary view, partly in section, of one of the side rails of thefender.y r

In the several figures of the drawings like numerals of referencedesignate corresponding parts, and we will refer first to Figs. 1 and 2,in which the fender is shown detached from the car. The fender issupported by stationary side rails 1 1, which fit into brackets 2 2 onthe bottom of the car-platform. These side rails `1 l extendhorizontally fora short distance beyond the front edge of the platformand then descend at an angle and again extend forwardly in a horizontalline, the lowerextension being reduced in diameter, as designated at 3.y The lower extensions 3 3 of the side rails telescope into the hollowsections 4 4, and these hollow sections are connected together at theirfront ends by a crossbar 5, the cross-bar and the parts 4 4 being formedwith coinciding eyes through which are passed screw-bolts 6 6. Thestationary portions l 1 ofthe side rails of the fender are provided withcross-braces 7 and 8, these cross-braces being formed withfeyes ontheirends, through which the side rails 1 1 pass. Curved spring-bars 9 areattached to the bottom of the cross-bar 5 and are also attached to thecross-brace 8,these bars curving outwardly from above the cross-bar 5and the crossbrace 8, so as to prevent any possible contact with saidcross-bars of a person or object striking against or falling upon the`fender. In 'order to prevent the possibility of a per- "son or objectfalling thro'ugh the fender upon the bars 9, we cover these bars withanetting 10, which may be of any suitable character, such as netted orinterwoven cords. Upon the inner ends of the sections 4 4 are securedlinks 11 11, which have laterally-extending eyes12, to which arepivotally secured links 13, that extend parallel to the diminishedportionsv3 of the side rails 1, and lthe opposite ends of these links 13are pivotally connected at 14 to rocking levers 15, which are pivotallyconnected at 16 to the cross-bar 7. The cross-brace 8 carries a hanger17, which has a sleeve 18 at its lower end, and in this sleeve slides arod 19, which carries a bifurcated head 2O onV its end, and between thelegs of this head is pivotally secured a crank 21, this crank being, aswill be presently described, attached to the shaft of the controller onthe platform of the car. The end of the rod 19 opposite to the end whichcarries the head 2O is provided with a stirrup 22, to which areconnected two chains 23 23, that have their opposite ends attached tothe rocking levers 15, respectively.

Referring now to Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the drawings, in which thebottom of the platform of the car is designated 24 and the dashboard 25,it will be observed that the rod 19 projects under the platform of thecar adjacent to the lower end of the shaft of a controller 26, mountedon the platform. This l controller is of the ordinary construction, eX-

cept in so far as the construction of the vertical shaft is concerned,which shaft is shown in detail in Fig. 5 of the drawings and is composedof two alining sections 27 and 28, the section 28 being enlarged at itsupper end and said upper end being' provided with a round socket 29, inwhich the upper section 27 of the rod rests and turns. It will be0bserved by reference to Figs. 3 and 4 that the crank 21 is attached tothe lower end of the section 28 of the controller-shaft, so that if therod 19 is reciprocated the controller-shaft will be given a partialrevolution. The upper section 27 of the controller-shaft is providedwith a usual operating-handle 30, and this upper section of the shaftcarries rotary contact-sections 31 31, that are adapted to make circuitthrough stationary contacts 32 32, while the lower section 28 of thecontrollershaft carries rotary contact-sections 33 33, that are adaptedto make circuit with stationary contacts 34 34, the stationary contacts34 and 32 beingV carried by a frame 35, arranged within thecontroller-casing.

The device constructed in the above-described manner operates asfollows: Under ordinary circumstances the fender stands in lthe positionshown in Figs. 1 and 2, the front or movable portion of the fender beingsustained in extended position by the resiliency of the bars 9 9. Thecircuits through the car, it is to be understood, pass in series throughthe several contacts 31, 32, 33, and 34, the rotary contacts 33 33 beingin this position of f parts in contact with the stationary contacts 3434 and the rotary contacts 31 31 being under control of the motorman andin or out of contact,accordingly as current is thrown on or off. If nowa person or object is struck by and falls upon the fender, the bars 9 9will bend, thus reducing the distance between their points of attachmentto the fender,and in consequence thereof the movable portions `4 of theside rails will be pushed inwardly, sliding on the reduced portions 3 ofthe side rails 1. This movement of the parts 4 4 will rock the levers15, and traction will be imposed upon the rod 19 through the medium ofthe chains 23 23, and the rod 19 being drawn toward the fender will,through the medium of the crank 21, partially rotate thecontroller-shaft and will throw the rotary contacts 33 33 into suchposition that they will break circuit with the stationary contacts 34 34and cut off the current to the motor, whereupon the car will stop, thebrakes of course being applied in the usual manner.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with an electric car and a controller mounted thereonand provided with a sectional shaft, each section of said shaft carryingcontact members arranged in series in the car-circuit, of a fendercomprising stationary side rails, movable side rails telescoping each ofsaid stationary side rails, rocking levers connected to said movableside rails, a sliding rod carried by the fender, and a link connectingsaid sliding rod to the lower section of the controller-shaft.

2. The combination with an electric car, a controller carried by saidcar, a shaft moun ted in said controller, said shaft being composed ofindependent movable sections, a handle carried by one of said sections,a fender mounted on the car and comprising a stationary portion and amovable portion, and connections between the movable portion of thefender and one of the sections of the controller-shaft, each section ofthe controller-shaft being provided with contacts interposed in thecar-circuit.

3. The combination with an electric car, of a fender comprisingstationary and movable portions, a controller-casing mounted on the carand provided with stationary contacts, a controller-shaft mounted insaid casing and composed of independently revoluble sections, movablecontact members carried by each section, a handle carried by onesection, and a connection between thc other section of said shaft andthe movable portion of the fender.

1n testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH HA STREITER. CLEMENS DILLHOF F. Witnesses:

E. G. DoNLEY, JOHN L. HATFIELD.

